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Trump Wins Again: House GOP Reverses On Ethics Office Overhaul
ZeroHedge ^

Posted on 01/03/2017 10:01:25 AM PST by hotsteppa

President-elect Trump is on a roll today. Following House Republican's vote to strip the Ethics Office of independence, Trump lashed out with a tweet suggesting Congress' time be better spent on other things... and just minutes ago, following an emergency meeting, Republicans have confirmed the amendment has been pulled.

As a reminder, House Republicans abruptly voted on Monday night to eliminate the independence of the Office of Congressional Ethics, the chamber’s nonpartisan ethics board which investigates lawmakers' alleged misconduct, largely stripping it of its power, leading to pushback from Democrats and government watchdog groups. House Republicans, meeting as a group Monday night, approved an amendment from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte that would place the office under the oversight of the lawmaker-run House Ethics Committee.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 115th; draintheswamp; ethics; trump; trumptransition
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To: ColdOne

Anytime. Freep family after all.


61 posted on 01/03/2017 12:09:51 PM PST by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: hotsteppa

A shot across the bow at GM.

Ford announces they will not proceed with a $1.6 billion plant in MExico, and instead will expand their operations in Michigan with 700 jobs and $700 million jobs..

With one tweet, gets the GOP out of an optics hole they dug for themselves.

And it is not even dinnertime yet.

And he isn’t even the President yet.


62 posted on 01/03/2017 12:17:37 PM PST by exit82 (Making America Great Again begins with........me.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Trump has proven at every turn that he is several moves ahead of his enemies.

I imagine both 0bama and Hellary are on the verge of being sectioned. They have well and truly been bested by the Trump


63 posted on 01/03/2017 12:54:37 PM PST by WashingtonFire
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To: hotsteppa

This is NOT a win. That piece of crap is Nancy Pelosi’s baby, and it was designed to pick on republicans. Never been used for anything else. Unfortunately, someone gave Trump some very bad advice.


64 posted on 01/03/2017 1:13:11 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: ColdOne

Another Victory for Trump! AND HE’S NOT EVEN PRESIDENT YET! It looks bad—they can do this at any time of the year—not now looks like they are hiding something crooked. Winning for All Americans (Even Commie Liberal Progressive Democrats).


65 posted on 01/03/2017 1:25:41 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: conservativepoet

Let this committee burn a couple of Dems and they will scream for it to be shut down.


66 posted on 01/04/2017 9:27:05 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: hotsteppa; All

Weakening ethics oversight is no way to drain a swamp!


67 posted on 01/05/2017 12:40:24 AM PST by gleeaikin
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